they look like they have been repainted and can see what looks like original paint underneath. is the clip they are held in for transport or for a diferent loading system to the large sprung clip?any info appreciated .thank you .
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40mm bofors rounds
- Thread starter Darrol
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Darkman
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Darrol,
The clip is the standard one for loading the rounds directly into the auto-loader of a 40mm Bofors gun. The auto-loader would accommodate 2 such clips (8 rounds). The clip will have a manufacture year on it.
The correct colour for the projectiles is yellow (ww2 era) and I think black from the 1950s onwards. However, this may have been for Naval use only. (The U.S. used 'drab olive' for WW2 era.)
The fuses on your rounds are No. 259 dummies ('plug firing replica').
The cases you have appear to be later mark 4 versions with the smaller primers. What years are on the cases and projectiles?
Regards,
Graeme
The clip is the standard one for loading the rounds directly into the auto-loader of a 40mm Bofors gun. The auto-loader would accommodate 2 such clips (8 rounds). The clip will have a manufacture year on it.
The correct colour for the projectiles is yellow (ww2 era) and I think black from the 1950s onwards. However, this may have been for Naval use only. (The U.S. used 'drab olive' for WW2 era.)
The fuses on your rounds are No. 259 dummies ('plug firing replica').
The cases you have appear to be later mark 4 versions with the smaller primers. What years are on the cases and projectiles?
Regards,
Graeme
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As Graeme has said, this is the standard Bofors clip. The claws that hold each case by the rim are sprung loaded. The ammunition feed in the Autoloader has a ramp that firstly releases each claw to free the round, and a chute which removes the empty clip from the side of the action. All that is required is to continously feed 4rd clips into the top (and quickly, too, the rate of fire is 120 rounds per minute!), and the action separates the clips and ejects them.
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Hi .i wiped of the blue paint with celly thinners and all but one has been took back to bare metal before being painted blue.the other has yellow paint which i will use as a colour guide for the repaint.what did the yellow paint represent?(just lately all the restoration jobs ive done involves yellow . .odd.)theres a little bit of stenciling left which looks like an i and the fuse looks like it could have been black. Any advice welcome. Cheers .Darrol.
Quatermass
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A couple of pictures of the ammunition from Bofors handbooks.
Thanks for the pics guys .the ones i have are early 50 s and one seems to only have HE REP in black across the projectile and no other marks(that i can see) not even any coloured rings .ive looked almost everywhere and havent seen another like this style with markings on yellow projo. Seems very plain.will put some pics up soon.cheers .Darrol.